The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-10
MRS. LANaTRY TALKS.
She Eloquently Asserts the Honesty OF
Her Hair and Complexion.

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Mrs Lsngtry looked, as she said she felt,
very cool, comfortable and contented, last
evening in the reception room of her shrub
berry. hidden house at 36l West Twenty-third
street. For the rest, she was cbarmingly
bright of eye and fresh of complexion and
she was in japanese dress-blue silk, heav-
lily embroidered IN gold and silver, and
many colored silks with all sorts of queer
devices, including the crest of the prince
who once owned the dress. The lining OF
the robe and its accessories were of rich red
| silk. She was disposed to begin an inter-
view with Sun reporter by scolding him.
do you know" asked she, ''that the
| Sun said something very spiteful about
me? Now, how does this sound?" she
continued, dolorously, "Mrs. Langtry' s hair
varied from raven blackness &c bright gold,
with some gray to be seen in places. The
cracks In the enamel on her face could be
| distinctly seem" THAT is what read all
over the country, and everywhere credited
/ to the Sum-"
The reporter suggested that the Sun was
a very common name among the newspap-
ers and that perhaps the country papers
| had mistaken the credit.
"Well," responded Mrs. Langtry, smil-
ing, ''you shall see."
She rose from a divan that matched her
| costume and knelt at the centre table, so
her auburn hair, tied simply in a knot at
the back of her neck, was in the full glare
| of six candles, whose light was concen-
trated by fringed shade of old gold silk.
"There," she cried, us 1t not ell one
color?'
Her visitor made careful inspection and
declared that the shade was uniform.
Then turning her face to the light she
made a picture that her piquant express
sion, her fine eyes. her complexion aud the
pure white candle light rendered beWitch-
ing.
"Declare to me-" she commanded, i'm
periously, whether you see any cracks in
the enamel"
Having solemnly declared that there
were neither cracks nor enamel, the re-
porter was on footing to interview Mrs.
Langtry without prejudice. The first
question was about her application for
citizenship.
81 did it in California because only two
years notice of intention is required there.
Here it is five years and you know could
not wait so long as that. / am too anxious
to become an American.
Did not the English members of your
party criticise your actionP
"Bless you, no. Why, it is too funny for
anything. They have all declared inten-
tions, too. The manager, the members OF
the company, my servants and all. Ny
footman went the next day after l did"
The weather was mentioned-in fact it
mentioned itself. "Oh, 900 is not hot, !"
said Mrs. Langtry. sit was 1862 where
was last Friday. l am going to stay iu
New York" But when she was made
ACQUAINTED with the pernicious activity of
humidity she was doubtful about staying.
ut is too bad" said she. 81 wanted to
work on my new play. Mr.. Coghlan wrote
it and appears in 1t with me. 1t is four
act drama, and / am boy in one act IN
a Isie sixteenth century costume. l turn
hoy long enough to kill man" she added
in very business.like way. What do
tyou think of it? 1t is fencing scene"
!, Without waiting for an answer she con
tinued: "And l want to fix up my houss.
! I.bave carload of Indian curiosities to
] | put in the hall. 1 have got to leave this
!, I house in September, and am going down &c
Stuyvesant Square. 1 played to house
half Indians she added, vivaciously.
"Wasn't that good, with Buffalo Bill play
ing Indians to all England. The Indians
all paid to see me in Galatea' with money
1 bad paid them for curiosities. l wonder
what they thought of it? They ere 81
, wonderfully expressionless. l made tht
funniest mistake one day, Two Indians
. came in the car, and one of them
: uss ver7 hsndsomsi 7 thought il
wss souaw. she . H strong
Woman's features. thought, but wa
, sure it was squaw, and probably the otnel
, oneis rife, ] gave her fan, some n anu
kerchiefs, anu things Woman %ouau . 11s
! They were tucked ava, .Iisbtest facia
matically, and without the - Ear M,
expression. When they left the
butler took fancy to her elegant beadeu
, leggings and bought them. When they
were taken of the legs were swarthy and
muscular, not at all like woman's. II
, was q young brave-one who had killed
ever so many men. l am going to have
an Indian boy for waiter. 1 ordered one
at OgGen."
In regard to her trip, Mrs. Langtry said
1t was more successful pecuniarily than
even her first with Abbey, though her
prices then were higher. She felt quite rich,
she said, and had bought Z, 900 acre ranch
in California. 1t is divided between two
counties, Lake and Napa, and is between
Sacramento and the Pacific. "Isn't i!
funny" the SAID. why, it is as big as the
island l was born in. A little arithmet-
ical slip like this is permitted to lady
This is such terribly big country. L feel
as though l had come across the ocean. 1t
does not seem possible that we have been
travelling all in one country. 1 did not get
in until this morning. L had to come on
the Erie. The limited would not haul my
car. Wasn't il h0rrid."
Mrs. LaDgtry talked about her legal
troubles, how she drove twelve miles out
of Detroit to take trian, how her maid
was served with papers in the carriage
while she walked unsupported from the
theatre, how her car caught fire and many
other moving experiences. She ended the
interview by q Tremendous effort OF mem
DRY that resulted in this declaration:
81 don't think hsve had any new law.
suits that have not been published, but
don't know how many 1 have got alto
gether."